I need help installing my 95 civic hatchback tailights. I just got my Euro lights today, but I dont want to mess up trying to install them. I was given an estimate of $100 just to install both!!!!
Thats so rediculous I'd rather try it myself. The tailights came in 4 pieces, 2 pieces for each side. I found out how to access the electrical to the bulbs for each piece on my car, but I don't know how to take out the lights. Are they bolted in or something?
Maybe someone could help me with a step by step procedure or something? Also my new tailights only came with two bulbs, how do I know which piece these bulbs are for, how many bulbs do I need all together?

 

Its pretty simple. Yeah they are bolted in, you should be able to see the bolts. All you have to do is un-bolt the stock ones and bolt the new ones in the same way the stock ones were. I don't have a 4-door, I have a coupe and I install my tails. Trust me man and I'm sure everyone else on this forum will agree, but installing tails is the EASIEST mod to do.

 

Ok. Also do you know why I would have only got 2 bulbs? Do I need to use some of the stock ones?

 

i'm guessing you either bought euro or altezzas with only two bulb socket holders, in that case, you would use the brake light bulb with the turnsignal, and the reverse bulb sockets in the new taillights. and installation is a snap, since you said you already found the wiring, all you do is twist to unplug the harness, get a socket with ?mm socket and unbolt it, reuse the gasket and installation is opposite of removal.

 

I installed them and now my brake lights are always on even when im not on the brake.
And if i shut the lights off, and step on the brake, no lights come on.
I have no idea how that happened or what to do now?

 

you used the wrong bulb sockets

 

I didn't use the wrong bulb sockets everything was the same. I just got new bulbs with two wires in them and when i hit the brake the second wire lights and gets brighter.
They work now

 

it's called a dual "element" or "filament" bulb, so did the taillights come with single element bulbs or something, sounds like a ghetto trade

 

ya they came with single filament bulbs. Everything is good now. Thanks

 

why would someone install single filament bulbs in a dual filament socket? lol